Screw the discriminatory Boy Scouts. Brooklyn dad Todd Schweikert is reinventing them, DNA Info reports: Schweikert, a 33-year-old Windsor Terrace resident whose son goes to P.S. 154, researched several alternative scouting options, including groups…
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Archives for January 11, 2013
Posts from January 11, 2013
Revealing Van Gogh: VIDEO
Lithuanian architect and photographer Tadao Cern recreated one of Van Gogh's most famous self-portraits as a photograph using some digital retouching techniques.Watch a brief video of the process, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1283
RICHARD BRANSON: How did he get so rich? PEORIA RIVERMEN: The latest American Hockey League team to join the You Can Play project. THE AVENGERS: Behind the visual effects. SILENT BUT VIOLENT: A sneak attack at the theatre. For recent Guides to the Tu…
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News: Johnny Marr, Bears, Jaymi Hensley, Brit Awards, Sweden
Mixner: Why How to Survive a Plague's Oscar nomination is so important. Plano, Texas couple say they were kicked out of bowling alley for not being a family. Transgender beauty Kylan Wenzel competes in the Miss California pageant this weekend:…
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CNN’s Carol Costello and Wayne Besen Rip FRC’s Peter Sprigg for His Anti-Gay Hate: VIDEO
CNN anchor Carol Costello, last seen on Towleroad hanging up on AFA hate group leader Bryan Fischer, sides with Truth Wins Out's Wayne Besen after he suggests it's odd that Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg is denouncing intolerance…
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The Supreme Court, Prop 8, and DOMA: The Standing Question
BY ARI EZRA WALDMAN This is the second in a series of analyses about the Supreme Court's decision to hear cases challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8. Today's discussion: Standing. Stan…
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The OXD Mirror: New Music for 1.11.13
BY OCCUPY THE DISCO / RU BHATT The OXD Mirror is a weekly music column brought to you by the boys of OCCUPY THE DISCO (OXD), a New York City based collective created by three music lovers, Ru Bhatt, Josh Appelbaum,…
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Lawrence O’Donnell on the Bible, the Oath of Office, and the Ousting of Louie Giglio: VIDEO
Lawrence O'Donnell last night looked at the ejection of Rev. Louie Giglio from the inauguration ceremony over what he says it says in the Bible about gay people, as well as the use of that book in the inauguration ceremony, and the ironies presen…
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Gay Senegalese Man Fears for Life Over Britain Deportation Threats
An ongoing case in which Britain is telling a Senegalese man he must prove he's gay or be deported back to his home country where he faces violence highlights "the injustices faced by those seeking asylum," according to a UK National Un…
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Josh Brolin Shows His Smooth Chest and Nips to Jon Stewart: VIDEO
I know I've posted one Daily Show clip already but how could I let a brief exchange betwen Jon Stewart and Josh Brolin referencing Bear culture get away? STEWART: "We're just two wolves, two alpha males. No one alpha male. And one labrad…
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